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Swallowable pill cameras to be used to spot bowel cancer tumours

The capsule camera allows doctors to look for early cases of bowel cancer without carrying out invasive hospital procedures.

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Should I worry about Long COVID-19 in the young?

03:05 What's the problem?Most people who are infected with COVID-19 suffer little more than a persistent cough, high temperature or a loss of taste and smell before recovering within a

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After similar moves for Shopping and Flights, Google makes hotel listings free

Last year, Google made a significant change to its Google Shopping destination by making it free for e-commerce retailers to sell on Google, when before the Shopping tab had been dominated by paid pro

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COVID-19 worsening conditions for refugee women and girls: U.N.

The UNHCR urged for more prevention and response programs to curb increasing gender inequalities and increasing risks of violence against women and girls fueled by the pandemic. /VCG The impac

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CPPCC member: Chinese economy to grow over 8% in 2021

01:47 Economist Wang Yiming in China's top political advisory body expects China's economy to grow over 8 percent in 2021.Wang Yiming, vice-chairman ofChina Center for

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Apple’s App Store is now also under antitrust scrutiny in the UK

Apple is facing another antitrust investigation in Europe into how it operates the iOS App Store.The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced today that it’s opened an invest

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Vaccines tweaked to deal with COVID variants to be fast-tracked by regulator

Flu vaccines are modified in a similar way each and every year to ensure that they remain effective for people most at risk.

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Pentagon's false promises of security plaguing South China Sea

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga (R) bumps fists with Adm. Philip Davidson, head of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, in Tokyo, October 22, 2020. /Kyodo News via Getty Editor's note: Bobby

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South Korea starts vaccinating, but people over 65 must wait

South Korea administered its first coronavirus vaccines Friday to people at long-term care facilities, launching a mass immunization campaign that authorities hope will

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Jumia co-CEO Jeremy Hodara talks African e-commerce, and his company’s path to profitability

This month, African e-commerce giant Jumia released its second full-year financials for Q4 and its fiscal year 2020. The results were mixed — active customers and gross profit increased, while o

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Middle schools in NYC reopen for in-person classes

People wait in line at a mass vaccination site in the Queens borough of New York, U.S., February 24, 2021. /AP In-person classes for middle schoolsin New York City reopened on Thursday.This is

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Missing commuting? You might be surprised how many people are

02:37 Remember that feeling of rushing to catch a train or bus? Worrying about not getting in on time? Or being stuck in endless traffic?In the pre-pandemic world, the daily commute wa

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How India could win its COVID vaccination race

A woman with a face mask as a precaution against the spread of coronavirus on a local train, February 21, 2021. /Getty Editor's note: Sema Sgaier is an adjunct assistant professor at the Harv

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Resurgence of COVID-19 in India's Maharastra forces fresh containment measures

Alarmed by signs that a second wave of the coronavirus epidemic is building, India’s richest state of Maharashtra ordered fresh restrictions on people’s movement and im

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Senegal extends state of sanitary catastrophe, curfew in 2 regions

Senegalese government ordered an extension of the "state of sanitary catastrophe" in the regions of Dakar and Thies, until March 20, in order to contain the spread of the new coronavirus, Senegal

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Far-right movements swiftly becoming a transnational threat in Europe

Thousands took part in an annual far-right march in Warsaw to mark Poland's Independence Day. November 2020. / Getty The far-right movement in Europe is "undergoing a broader and more fundame

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Titan nabs $12.5M for ‘next generation’ investment management

Titan, a startup that is building a retail investment management platform aimed at millennials, has closed on $12.5 million in a Series A round led by VC heavyweight General Catalyst.A bevy of other i